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| From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
| [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Tom Hinds
| Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 8:15 PM
| To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
| Subject: Screen shots
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| Hi all,
|
| For years I have used PageMaker to lay out manuals.
| When including screen shots, I have always captured the image with Paint
| Shop Pro, reduced the image to 16 colors, and saved it in .tif format.
|
| Our upcoming releases use many 256-color images that will look awful in 16
| colors.
| These documents will eventually become .pdf files.
| What problems can I expect when I use 256-color graphics in my PageMaker
| documents?
| I am hoping the answer is:
| "Tom, you silly monkey, although the graphics have more colors in them,
| nothing with the process will change.
| Everything should work in the trouble-free manner that it always has."
Since your application uses 256 colors, it's logical to assume that your
users will all have 256 color display capabilities. If that's true, then you
should not experience any unusual problems switching from 16- to 256-color
graphics in PageMaker. You can expect larger file sizes, though.
